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Net zero! It’s not even a real thing so why does everyone hate it? | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 05:49:39 +0000

You can sell fossil fuels overseas till the cows come home as long as you don’t burn it here

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The genius of trees: how forests have shaped humanity, from chocolate cravings to our ability to dream

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 05:00:51 +0000

Since our early ancestors came down from the canopy, we may think we have learned how to live without trees. But our lives remain intertwined in incredible ways

Once upon a time there was a girl who lived in a tree. She had deep-set brown eyes and brown hair. She ate fruit – orange mangosteen and black juniper berries – crunched on nuts, sucked on sweet grasses and chewed juicy leaves, and dug up tubers and roots, knowing which ones were good, and which were hard or poisonous.

Ocado worst for plastic bags as total single-use sales rise for first time

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:50 +0000

Shoppers in England bought 437m carrier bags last year as online food shops replace supermarket trips

Plastic bag sales have risen for the first time in 10 years on the back of the so-called Ocado effect as online food shops and ultra-fast deliveries replace supermarket trips.

Shoppers in England bought 437m single-use plastic carrier bags last year, compared with 407m the year before, a rise of 7%, according to data from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Murray Watt advised by own department to declare protection order over part of Burrup peninsula

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 03:23:35 +0000

Exclusive: Environment department document states that part of site is a ‘significant Aboriginal area’ which is ‘under threat of injury or desecration’

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Don’t let Donald Trump undermine your faith in the climate fight | Gina McCarthy

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:00:29 +0000

The president’s fossil-fuel obsession can’t stop global progress, writes the former Environmental Protection Agency head

Heatwave that fuelled deadly wildfires was Spain’s ‘most intense on record’

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:53:33 +0000

Country’s weather agency says 10-day period from 8-17 August was hottest since at least 1950, as fires still rage

A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was “the most intense on record”, the country’s state meteorological agency (AEMET) has said.

Provisional readings for the 3-18 August heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022, and showed an average temperature 4.6C higher than for previous such phenomena, the agency said on X.

UK carmakers claimed leaving EV sales rules unchanged would cost jobs and investment

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:00:25 +0000

BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota lobbied against zero emission vehicle mandate, documents show

Carmakers claimed that leaving electric car sales rules unchanged would threaten British jobs and cost them hundreds of millions of pounds, according to documents that show the private lobbying for a slower transition away from fossil fuels.

Trout farm in Cotswolds tourist hotspot accused of welfare abuses

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:00:25 +0000

Exclusive: Charity says footage shows fish being struck repeatedly and at least one child taking part in killing fish

Animal welfare campaigners allege that a “harrowing series of welfare abuses” have taken place at one of England’s oldest working trout farms in a tourist hotspot in the Cotswolds, including the participation of children in killing fish.

Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:17:03 +0000

Clear majority backs restarting Maanshan reactor but doesn’t reach legal threshold, as president says nuclear power may be reconsidered if it becomes safe

A referendum to push for the reopening of Taiwan’s last nuclear plant has failed to reach the legal threshold to be valid, though the president said the island could return to the technology in the future if safety standards improved.

Queensland urged to use TikTok and ‘trusted influencers’ to combat misinformation during natural disasters

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:00:15 +0000

A reliance on politicians and lack of government content on TikTok during recent cyclones allowed misinformation to flourish, academic says

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